Category: Property News

A leading buy-to-let mortgage broker has said the Government has ‘needlessly spooked’ landlords with its rhetoric designed to ‘curry favour with tenants’. The comments have been made by Gavin Richardson,…

Tom Entwistle comments: That’s it then! Landlords (private and social), according to guidance put out by the Housing and Health secretaries Michael Gove and Steve Barclay respectively, are to be…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been pulled up for selectively using statistics to lend weight to his demands for rent controls in the capital. Khan recently Tweeted: “London’s average rent…

According to London’s CityAM reporter Laira McGuire, “Almost half of UK landlords have tried to sell their property in the last 12 months, as owners look to rid themselves of…

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has revealed that the Conservatives dismissed his call for energy efficient regulations in the PRS as “communist”. Speaking on The Rest is Politics podcast, Davey…

With Labour’s predilection for bashing landlords (though the current Conservative Government needs no encouragement on that), you would expect a Labour government to double down on landlord bashing. But will…

The government has promised to focus on promoting grants to make PRS homes more energy efficient and ensure that tenants won’t be penalised for demanding green improvements. During a Lords…

The Scottish Government has pledged to introduce measures to enhance tenants’ rights and protections as well as long-term rent controls. First Minister Humza Yousaf told MSPs he planned to introduce…

A rogue landlord who ignored mice and mould at his unlicensed HMO has been slapped with a £28,600 rent repayment order. His five tenants not only found Mohammed Shofiq Ali…

In a recent interview conducted for The Sunday Times, Nigel Terrington, the chief executive of Paragon Bank for the last 28 years, says he has witnessed the growth and indeed…